January 1988

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Features

Special Report

Charting America's Future in Space

pg. 6

Leadership and America's Future in Space

By Sally K. Ride

pg. 8

Creating the Future

By Stephen Cole, Kristine R. Majdacic

pg. 18

Reader Poll: Deciding the Future

pg. 23

Stellar Frontiers

By Gerrit L. Verschuur

Is the Milky Way an Interacting Galaxy?

pg. 26

Forum

NASA's New Office of Exploration

pg. 32

In Focus

pg. 38

Behind the Scenes

pg. 39

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 42

Equipment Atlas

By Andrew M. Thorpe

Should You Keep an Astronomical Notebook?

pg. 50

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Mercury Low in the Evening Sky

pg. 54

Gazer's Gazette

By Joel K. Harris

Confessions of an Eclipse Addict

pg. 62

Photography in Astronomy

By Rick Dilsizian

High-Resolution Lunar and Planetary Photography

pg. 70

Equipment Atlas

By Richard Talcott

Tools for the Astrophotographer

pg. 78

AstroNews

pg. 86

AstroCalendar

pg. 91

AstroMart

ASTRONOMY Advertiser Index

pg. 94

The Backyard Astronomer

By David J. Eicher

Orion's Great Nebula

pg. 102

	Sun	Sun	Moon
RISE	—		—	PHASE	—
SET	—		—	DISK	—

	Mercury	Mercury	Venus	Venus
RISE	—		—
SET	—		—
		—		—

	Mars	Mars	Jupiter	Jupiter	Saturn	Saturn
RISE	—		—		—
SET	—		—		—
		—		—		—